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The Rivers State Police command has paraded an alleged serial rapist, FAVOUR IBAMA who drugs, rapes and robs his victims after luring them to hotel. The suspect who is a father of four children, usually lures his victims through social media with enticing promises. Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt after parading, the suspect, the […]
The United States Secretary of State ANTHONY BLINKEN has made a blunt new push for United Nations-led peace effort in Afghanistan. In a letter to the Afghan President ASHRAF GHANI, BLINKEN called for a 90-day reduction in violence and a transitional government formed from both sides. BLINKEN also said no decision had been made about […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has boasted that Nigerians will vote out the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023 because of the governing party’s failure to tackle insurgency, banditry and corruption. Governor WIKE noted with the supposed economic woes of the country and escalating banditry, it was obvious that Nigerians had realised they made a […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has announced the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. They are Chief of Defence Staff, General ABAYOMI OLONISAKIN; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TUKUR BURATAI; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral IBOK EKWE IBAS; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal SADIQUE ABUBAKAR. In a statement […]
Governors of the South-West have agreed to ban all forms of open and night grazing across states within the region. This resolve was reached on Monday at a meeting between governors from the South-West region and the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN). Governors of the South-West have agreed to ban all […]
The federal government has cautioned Nigerians against political and ethnic sentiments capable of swelling the current ethnic and religious clashes over security issues in some states. It stated that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is working assiduously to address all issues currently creating tensions in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]
Traders in Okrika in Rivers State are living in fear following the activities of hoodlums who are stationed at every junction of the local government area to collect an illegal toll. The businessmen are made to pay a so-called survival package to the boys who are believed to be members of cult groups. It may […]
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC says it seized 119 gallons of suspected adulterated petroleum products in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Commandant of the NSCDC in Rivers State, Commandant MUKTAR LAWAL said operatives made the seizure in an illegal dump yard along Rumuomasi community. Speaking during an inspection to […]
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has told herders in Ondo State to remain in their locations and reject any move to label them as criminals. Spokesman of the forum, HAKEEM BABA-AHMED, in a statement, asked the Ondo State Governor, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU, to stop the ultimatum given to herders to vacate forest reserves in the State. […]
The military says it is winning the war against insurgency and banditry as it sustains an onslaught against criminals within the country. Spokesman Major-General JOHN ENENCHE who said this during a press conference in Abuja, referenced recent operations against bandits in Zamfara and Katsina states as evidence of the military’s efforts against insecurity. Recall that […]
